Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on his statewide radio show about 10 different gun laws that are being considered by Michigan lawmakers. (Tuesday, May 30, 2017, from 7:15 to 7:23 AM)
Month: May 2017
On the Lars Larson Radio Show: false claims by New York Times on the behavior of concealed handgun permit holders
Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on the false claims put out by the New York Times and other publications about the behavior of concealed handgun permit holders. Relying on the Violence Policy Center, many are inaccurately claiming that concealed handgun permit...
In The Hill newspaper: “Guns on campus is progressive academia’s straw man”
Dr. John Lott has another new piece in The Hill newspaper on academics concerns about guns on college campuses. The piece starts this way: Gun control advocates frequently advise against people using guns for self-defense. But Michael Bloomberg and various anti-gun...
On Mark Walters’ Armed America Radio to discuss stopping mass public shootings
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national radio show about a range of issues from stopping mass public shootings to Michael Bloomberg's push for more gun control. (Sunday, May 21, 2017, from 9:06 to 9:45 PM)
5 men who kicked in a woman’s door to burglarize her home are stopped by her with her guns
Beech Bluff, Tennessee -- Elsie Lee was faced with five burglars who busted down her door. By the way, suppose that this woman had to actually fight it out with these five men. How many bullets might she wish that she had? From WBBJ Channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee...
On the Bill Martinez Radio Show: the heavy geographical concentration of murders and the Manchester bombing
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Martinez on his national radio show about the heavy geographical concentration of murders and the Manchester bombing. (Tuesday, May 23, 2017, from 10:06 to 10:30 AM)
Talk at ‘Make the Second Amendment Great Again’ Rally in Harrisburg Pennsylvania
Dr. John Lott gave the keynote speech at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Monday, May 22. While the talk was only about 9 minutes, he discussed a range of issues from the views of police to gun ownership, how crime rates change after gun bans, and background...
Testifying before the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee on Gun-free zones
Pennsylvania House State Government Committee - at the invitation of the committee's chair, Representative Daryl Metcalfe, Dr. John Lott discussed the issue of gun free zones in schools before a well-attended hearing by state representatives. Because of comments...
Fox News covers our research: “Demand soars for concealed carry permits, data shows”
CPRC's research is covered extensively in a new Fox News story. The number of concealed carry permits in the United States has topped 15 million over the last year, according to data collected by the Crime Prevention Research Center. That’s the largest one-year...
Five public defensive gun uses over four days in May
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 16, 2017, Philadelphia Inquirer A 23-year-old man attempting an armed robbery was shot by the victim Tuesday afternoon in the city's Feltonville section, police said. The attempted robbery occurred shortly before 2:40 p.m. in the 4800...
In the Portland Press Herald (Maine): Gun-free campuses are magnets for murderers
Dr. John Lott co-authored an op-ed with State Representative Rich Cebra in the Portland Press Herald, Maines largest newspaper. The piece was talked about Cebra's legislation that would end the gun-free zone policy at the state's public universities. The piece...
In the Orange County Register: Shooting down myths of ‘gun-free zones’ in schools
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed in the Orange County Register (287,474 daily circulation) on the move by Democrats in California to take away local control over whether permitted concealed handguns should be allowed in K-12 schools. Two years ago, California passed a...